Holder and container



Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES LEONARD R. BENCH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO HOLDER AND CONTAINER Application filed November 1, 1927. Serial No. 230,256.

for purposes to be later more fully described,

and the container being adapted to be disposed within the end of a cigarette holder orother holder adapted to receive the cigarette, the construction of the container being such that the smoke drawn through the holder into the mouth is required to contact with the substance retained in the container to thereby draw a portion of the substance through the mouth piece together with the smoke.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a specially constructed container, adapted to fit within the holder andso constructed that the container can be easily withdrawn from the holder and a new container substituted in its place within the holder, these holders being constructed of special material which is exceptionally inexpensive and does not require a refilling of the container )zaith the substance which it originally contained.

' With the objects above indicated and other objects hereinafter explained, my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements later described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of a holder, showing the relative position of the container therein.

Figure2 is a perspective view of the container in the form in which they are supplied for use with suitable holders.

In the drawings, 10 represents a holder, such as a cigarette or ciga-rholder, made of any suitable material such 'as amber or the like, and of the usual construction, it bein understood, however, that special holders 0 special material and design can be employed if found desirable. This holder 10 is provided with a centrally extending opening 11 through which the smoke is adapted to pass, and at the forward end of the holder .10 is a counterbored portion 12 of diameter larger than the central opening 11 but communicating therewith. The forward end of the'counterbored portion 12 is preferably tapered, as

at 13, which usually received the inserted end of a cigarette or cigar 14. This counterbored portion 12 and tapered end 13 are of any suitable diameter and taper respectively, being determinable by the shape of the container which will be later described.

In Figure 2 I have illustrated a preferred construction of a container 15, which may be made of i singlass or other relatively thin noninflammable material. The material from which this container is made should also be inexpensive. so that refilling of the container itself is thereby made unnecessary, but may be discarded when the strength of the substance contained therein has lessened to such an extent as to render the container useless, it then being necessary to discard the said container and replace it with a container having a substance of suitable strength for the purposes for which it is desired.

The container 15 comprises a cylindrical body portion 16 corresponding in outside diameter with the inside diameter of the coun- 7 terbored portion 12 and of substantially the same strength. The cylindrical portion 15 has a flaring or tapered forward end 15', adapted to engage with the tapered end 13 of the holder 10, the extreme outer end being flared to provide a flange 17' adapted to extend over the end of the holder 10, as clearly shown in Fi ure 1. This flange 17 i for the purpose 0% providing a means by which the container 15 may be readily withdrawn from the counterbored portion of the holder 10 for purposes already described. The cigarette or cigar 14 is inserted within the flared end 15 of the container 15, instead of as ordinarily in the tapered end 13 0 of the holder 10. The container 15 has a bottom or end 18 and a central 0 ening 19 extends through the bottom 18. his 0 ening is surrounded by'a forwardly exten ing flange or tube 20 formed integral or suitably 96 secured to the bottom 18, as shown in Figure 1, and extends forwardly a distance corresponding substantially to the length of the cylindrical portion 16 of the container 15, there being any desired space retained be- 100 tween the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 16 and the outer surface of the flange or tube 20, which will be adapted to receive the substance with which the container is to be filled.

In the forward end of the cylindrical portion 16 and adjacent the freeend of the tube or flange 20 is a disc 21 of a diameter slightly greater than the inside diameter of the cylindrical portion 16, so that the disc 21 may be pressed or forced within theend of the cylindrical portion 16 and abut the free end of the flange or tube 20. If desired this disc 21 may be connected in any suitable manner with the free end of the flange or tube 20, although this is not essential.

This disc 21 is provided with a plurality of openings 22 communicating with the inner portion of the tapered end 15 of the container 15 and with the space between the cylindrical portion 16 and the flange or tube 20, or in other words, into the space in which the substance is placed. This flange or tube 20 is provided w1th a plurality of transverse openings 23, as clearly shown in Figure 1, and communicating from the space in which the substance is placed and with the central opening 11 of the holder 10 through the opening 19 in the bottom 18.

It will, therefore, be readily seen that when the cigarette or cigar 14 is supported in the end of the holder, as heretofore described, and the person draws upon the end of the holder 10, the smoke is compelled to pass through the openings 22 in the disc 21 into contact with the substance in the container out departing from the spirit of the invention as contained in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In combination with aholder, a removable noninflammable container supported by said holder adapted to hold a substance, the forward end of said container being adapted to receive the article to be smoked, a central tube in said container forming with the walls of the latter a chamber in which said substance is retained, transverse openings in said tube, openings between the forward end of said container and said chamber, and a central opening in said holder communicating with said tube so that smoke drawn through said central opening from the article being smoked is caused to mingle with the substance I in said chamber.

2. As an article of manufacture, a container of noninflammable material having a flared outer end adapted to hold an article to be smoked, a tube centrally disposed in said container integral with the rearward end thereof and providing with the walls of said container a chamber adapted to retain a substance, a disc in said container for closing the forward end of said tube, and openings in said disc communicating with said chamber to thereby provide a passage-way from the flared end of said container to the interior of said tube through said chamber.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

LEONARD R. BENCH.

15 through the transverse openings 23 in the flange or tube 20 through the opening 19 in the bottom 18 and finally through the central opening 11 in the holder 10.

There are any number of substances which can be placed within the container for various purposes, such as menthol crystals, peppermint, or cubeb de ending upon the desire of the person using the holder. As an example, a person accustomed to smoking might be atflicted with 'a cold, and in such an instance menthol crystals disposed within the container 15 would probably be a material aid and relief to the person having the cold. Another example of the use of the container with the holder, would be to place within the container 15 a substance which would destroy or counteract the effects of nicotine in the -to- 

